Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Experimentation
Most of my sideline chores are done. My break-time visit with the gold master Gustav Klimt tells me its time to give Koi a winter break and switch to the landscape with horses and Gold sprinkles.
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There was no good place to sign it so I used a pencil with a red dot...kinda works.
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One of the issues I can see using gold leaf is it will be viewed as a decorative gimmick - aside from that, its very tricky stuff because it also pops in diminished light as a singular design element not necessarily related to the whole. Something that has to be taken seriously or at least accounted for - so far I just add more or remove anything out of balance.......the rule, more discreet the better. A very good example of this "chameleon" effect is shown below.
Although if it were defined objects (perhaps why it worked well for Klimt) it may be a different story. Klimts approach, influenced by the Egyptian mania of his time is far too structured for my vision or what I want from this series.
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Studio lights - looks promising


However natural light - not so promising
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Studio lights - heavily defused edges

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Natural light - heavily defused edges
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Detail - promising
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